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Tuesday, February 3. 2009

No Need for Google Earth to Find Pot, Use (inappropriately mounted) GPS

GPS

There's been lots of press about the use of Google Earth to track down pot growers in Switzerland. But in California, a deputy used GPS.

A truck with a GPS mounted so it blocked the driver's view (that's illegal now in California) prompted the officer to pull the vehicle over. The police dog on scene "noted" the drugs.

Geospatial technology will get you every time!

- ABC News
- Contra Costa Times

Posted by Adena Schutzberg in GPS at 07:31 | Comments (2) | Trackbacks (0) | Bookmark and Share

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See how much fun geo-caching is!
#1 Jim on 2009-02-03 09:39 (Reply)
I thought this story would describe how the deputy used the perp's GPS to backtrack and find out where the pot came from.
#2 Owen Wengerd (Link) on 2009-02-03 12:14 (Reply)

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